Definition of calendar time units
When you configure a calendar time span, you can select time units.
Calendar time units are defined as follows.
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A calendar week starts at midnight on Sunday.
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A calendar day starts at midnight.
You can specify end points for all time units, including irregular time units, such as months and years.
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Year: In addition to options that allow you to specify the second through 365th day of the year, you can also select Last day of the year, to account for leap years.
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Quarter: In addition to options that allow you to specify the second through 90th day of the quarter, you can also select the following options, because months have varying lengths.
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Last day of the quarter
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Second to last day of the quarter
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Third to last day of the quarter
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Month: In addition to options that allow you to specify the second through 28th day of the month, you can also select the following options, because months have varying lengths.
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Last day of the month
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Second to last day of the month
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Third to last day of the month
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